setting up a games console.

Setting up one of the latest generation consoles such as the xbox 360 or PS3 has become easier than it was before, with some consoles only working on a particular Televison. Most if not all game consoles now can make use of RCA cables that can send the signal from the console to the Television, two of the cables provide sound, while the third provides video. RCA is usually a low quality compared to other cables they can make use of such as HDMI cables that provide a high quality image unlike RCA.

Setting up the console itself is very simple, the user has to slot in the cable into the console first leaving the ends of the cable free to use, there is a port for the power supply, RCA cable, HDMI, Composite or something similar, as well as a port for an ethernet cable and controllers as well as any features unique to the console. plugging in the RCA cables into the Television is very simple as well, just matching up the coloured pins to the coloured ports. Another cable, component provides a far higher video quality than RCA thanks to its additional cables for the video signal, this provides shaper and clearer images than the RCA cable, and is added in a similar way. However older televisions may not have these ports so the use of SCART may be required, this is unlikely on the latest televisions but most if not all Televisions will likely have a SCART port where a SCART converter can be placed so that the RCA pins can be inserted into the SCART converter.

The user then needs to select the correct channel on the Televison and can usually be chosen easily if the user knows which ports go to what channel on the television. Then the settings can be tweaked further in the console settings such as defination increases and decreases, if the defination is incompatiable the image will go black and reset itself after 30 seconds allowing the user to choose again.